"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity," Albert Einstein.
So, in the hero's journey one has had the courage to follow the guidance to wisdom, and met some mentoring presence. Now the journey seems to call for a going into the nether world or the unknown. Think again of how Alice fell down into the earth in Alice in Wonderland and how she met many strange creatures after that. Psychologists tend to believe that these strange creatures one meets on the hero's journey are projections of oneself that need healed or integrated. This is a journey into our interior and an integration of our projected or neglected parts.
Many opportunities can be brought up in caregiving which help us to see how we can integrate more fully the human aspects we have neglected.
"Psychologists tend to believe that these strange creatures one meets on the hero's journey are projections of oneself that need healed or integrated." They are - the journey is about the Id versus the Superego. See 510+ stage Hero's Journey at http://www.clickok.co.uk/index4.html
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